Comments on: Religious Ignorance, This Time With Feeling! http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/17/religious-ignorance-this-time-with-feeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=religious-ignorance-this-time-with-feeling n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RedPhillips http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/17/religious-ignorance-this-time-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-32847 RedPhillips Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:08:37 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9688#comment-32847 I think an opening sentence like "On its current course, the Middle East is headed for nuclear war," is over the top even by neocon standards. The article reads like something written by a hysterical war crazed Freeper, not a Harvard Law School grad at AmSpec. Many neocon columns have the same basic theme - we need to bomb Iran if they don't give up their nuclear technology - but they usually aren't quite so heavy handed about it. Also leading with your chin that it's all about Israel's security just confirms stereotypes. The article almost read like a spoof. I think an opening sentence like “On its current course, the Middle East is headed for nuclear war,” is over the top even by neocon standards. The article reads like something written by a hysterical war crazed Freeper, not a Harvard Law School grad at AmSpec.

Many neocon columns have the same basic theme – we need to bomb Iran if they don’t give up their nuclear technology – but they usually aren’t quite so heavy handed about it. Also leading with your chin that it’s all about Israel’s security just confirms stereotypes. The article almost read like a spoof.

]]> By: Ken_L http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/17/religious-ignorance-this-time-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-32842 Ken_L Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:38:17 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9688#comment-32842 Eh who can understand their misguided religion? But he knows Evil when he sees it and he knows it needs Defeating. Using miitary force, of course; it's the only language Evil understands. You just need some moral clarity Daniel and all will become plain. Eh who can understand their misguided religion? But he knows Evil when he sees it and he knows it needs Defeating. Using miitary force, of course; it’s the only language Evil understands.

You just need some moral clarity Daniel and all will become plain.

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/17/religious-ignorance-this-time-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-32838 Daniel Larison Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:32:42 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9688#comment-32838 The fearmongering and alarmism are all as I expected, and there was nothing all that remarkable about this part of the article, but I really have to draw the line when someone presuming to lecture on the fundamental beliefs of another religion gets one of their most basic beliefs absolutely wrong. I mean, it's not even close. Ferrara might as well have tried to criticize the actions of the Catholic Church by referring to their belief in the world-tree Yggdrasil or railed against Hindu fundamentalists for their excessive devotion to Muhammad. So-called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulat" rel="nofollow">ghulat</a> groups might veer off in the direction of a theology of incarnation, but the Twelvers are very different. The fearmongering and alarmism are all as I expected, and there was nothing all that remarkable about this part of the article, but I really have to draw the line when someone presuming to lecture on the fundamental beliefs of another religion gets one of their most basic beliefs absolutely wrong. I mean, it’s not even close. Ferrara might as well have tried to criticize the actions of the Catholic Church by referring to their belief in the world-tree Yggdrasil or railed against Hindu fundamentalists for their excessive devotion to Muhammad. So-called ghulat groups might veer off in the direction of a theology of incarnation, but the Twelvers are very different.

]]> By: RedPhillips http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/06/17/religious-ignorance-this-time-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-32834 RedPhillips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:03:52 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=9688#comment-32834 Ferrara's article is an embarrassing, hysterical, fear mongering rant. American Spectator remains a mixed bag. Ferrara’s article is an embarrassing, hysterical, fear mongering rant. American Spectator remains a mixed bag.

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